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MLBBASEBALL St. Louis Cardinals at Pitts- burgh Pirates:4p.m.,ESPN. San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies: 5:30p.m., CSNBA. GOLF EPGA Tour, KLM Open Round 1: 2:30a.m., GOLF. OLYMPICS Rio 2016Summer Paralympic Games: 4p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER NWSL, Kansas City vs. Chi- cago: 4:55p.m., FS1. TENNIS U.S. Open Men's and Women's Quarterfinal: 9a.m., ESPN. U.S. Open Men's and Women's Quarterfinal: 4p.m., ESPN2. Ontheair time. It takes reps and ex- perience. He's getting it on the run right now. He'll continue to work on it." The Raiders drafted Jo- seph with the No. 14 pick from West Virginia with the idea that he'd step right in as a starter. But that was always taking the most optimistic approach as he makes his return from a torn anterior cruci- ate ligament that cost him most of his senior season of college. "I don't use that as an excuse," said Joseph, who missed the whole offsea- son program rehabilitating from the injury. "I've still got to learn go in there, put in the extra time that some of the guys that have been here don't have to." Joseph has learned that high expectations follow first-round picks wherever they go, but he says those aren't weighing on him. "(There's) a lot of high expectations from the out- side world, but it doesn't phase me too much be- cause of the expectations I put on myself," Joseph said. "I put a lot of high expecta- tions on myself. Everything else is just outside noise. I try to block it out and just try to stay focused, stayed grounded and just learn what I've got to do and do my job." Even if he doesn't make the start Sunday in New Orleans, Joseph is excited to finally partake in his first NFL game whatever the role may be. His team- mates have noticed that he's ready to make his first real NFL hit. "He's been so anxious to hit," free safety Reg- gie Nelson said last week. "I've been like, 'Look here, you don't hit like that in the league in practice, man. It's mostly mental reps. They're not going to let you just pounce on all these people. Everybody's getting paid a lot of money and they ain' t trying to get them hurt.' He's been anx- ious to hit. I was just glad to see him out there run- ning around, having a lit- tle fun." Raiders FROM PAGE 1 prone Pouille 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. All in all, the spectators with tickets for Tuesday did not get much compet- itive or quality tennis. All four matches were decided in straight sets — or, in the case Djokovic vs. Tsonga, even fewer. In the first women's quarterfinal, Roberta Vinci fell apart after losing the opening set on a foot fault, allowing No. 2 seed An- gelique Kerber to take the last nine games and win 7-5, 6-0. Vinci was the runner- up at Flushing Meadows a year ago, reaching her first major final by stun- ning Serena Williams to end the American's bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in more than a quarter-century. Kerber, who has a chance to overtake Wil- liams at No. 1 in the WTA rankings after the tour- nament, moved into her third Grand Slam semifi- nal of the year. She beat Williams to win the Aus- tralian Open for her first major championship, then lost to Williams in the Wimbledon final in July. Kerber's first U.S. Open semifinal since 2011 will come against two-time runner-up Caroline Woz- niacki, a 6-0, 6-2 winner against Anastasija Sev- astova, who injured her right ankle in the second game and was never able to get herself going in the match. Wozniacki is a former No. 1 who is ranked only 74th after a tough season that included injuries and zero Grand Slam match wins until last week. Tennis FROM PAGE 1 By John Hickey BayAreaNewsGroup OAKLAND After six months of hoping that Henderson Alvarez would be able to join their start- ing rotation, the Oakland A's have given up for this year with Alvarez's right shoulder continuing to give him trouble. Manager Bob Melvin said Alvarez, who pitched three innings on an in- jury rehabilitation assign- ment last week, continues to feel discomfort. He will leave the team sometime this week and will visit Dr. James Andrews, the ortho- pedist who performed the original surgery on Alva- rez's right shoulder in July, 2015. At the same time, the A's say that Andrew Triggs, the reliever-turned-starter who came out of his last start after one inning af- ter back trouble, won't be pitching again this season. "Henderson is having a tough time again with his shoulder," Melvin said. "He' won't probably pitch this year, and he's going to see Dr. Andrews again. Unfor- tunately he's hit another hurdle and I really feel bad for him. This is a guy who has worked so hard to get back with us. He's been right on the cusp a couple of different times, then has had to go back on the re- hab cycle, which is very dif- ficult to do. "My heart goes out for him. Hopefully we get this thing settled, whether it's another surgery we're not sure. But this is an issue that has been with him all year. This is a great kid who loves to pitch. Always has a smile on his face." Alvarez was twice one injury rehab start away from joining the A's rota- tion. The first time was in June and then again about a month later he was close again. Melvin said he was guessing, but Alva- rez might never have been right after that first time he was shut down. The A's have had Alva- rez, who signed last winter as a free agent with the A's willing to take a gamble on a right-hander who was a 2014 National League All- Star, undergo a series of MRIs since June in an ef- fort to locate the problem. None so far has been able to do so, which is why Mel- vin said another surgery might be necessary. "Dr. Andrews will make that decision," Melvin said. As for Triggs, who had hopped the back pain was just a minor setback, he hasn't even been al- lowed to begin strength- ening exercises. He came out of a Sept. 2 start after one inning and had he re- mained healthy, his next start would have come up Wednesday. "I doubt he will pitch again this year," Melvin said. "We don't have a schedule for him to throw yet." A'S Pitchers Alvarez, Triggs out for the remainder of season Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 77 60 .562 _ Giants 74 64 .536 31/2 Colorado 66 72 .478 111/2 Arizona 58 79 .423 19 San Diego 57 80 .416 20 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 89 49 .645 _ St. Louis 73 64 .533 151/2 Pittsburgh 67 69 .493 21 Milwaukee 61 77 .442 28 Cincinnati 57 80 .416 311/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 81 57 .587 _ New York 73 66 .525 81/2 Miami 68 71 .489 131/2 Philadelphia 62 76 .449 19 Atlanta 54 85 .388 271/2 Monday's games Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee 2 N.Y. Mets 5, Cincinnati 0 Philadelphia 6, Miami 2 St. Louis 12, Pittsburgh 6 Washington 6, Atlanta 4 Colorado 6, Giants 0 San Diego 2, Boston 1 L.A. Dodgers 10, Arizona 2 Tuesday's games St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 7 Washington 9, Atlanta 7 N.Y. Mets 5, Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 4, Miami 3 Milwaukee 12, Chicago Cubs 5 Giants 3, Colorado 2 Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Boston at San Diego, (n.) Wednesday's games N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 12-8) at Cincin- nati (DeSclafani 8-2), 9:35 a.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 8-5) at Washington (Strasburg 15-4), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Leake 9-9) at Pittsburgh (Tail- lon 3-4), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Hellickson 10-8) at Miami (Cashner 4-11), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 4-5) at Milwaukee (Garza 5-6), 5:10 p.m. Giants (Suarez 3-3) at Colorado (De La Rosa 8-7), 5:40 p.m. Boston (Price 14-8) at San Diego (Cosart 0-2), 6:10 p.m. Arizona (Ray 7-12) at L.A. Dodgers (Stewart 0-2), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Giants 3, Rockies 2 San Fran Colorado AB R H B AB R H B E.Nunz 3b 4 1 1 2 Tapia cf 2 1 0 1 Pagan lf 4 0 0 0 LMhieu 2b 4 0 1 1 Posey 1b-c 4 1 1 0 Ca.Gnzl rf 4 0 0 0 Pence rf 4 0 1 0 Arendo 3b 4 0 1 0 Crwford ss 4 0 1 0 Dahl lf 3 0 0 0 Tmlnsn 2b 3 0 1 1 Parra 1b 4 0 1 0 G.Hrnnd cf 3 1 1 0 Dscalso ss 3 0 0 0 Brown c 4 0 1 0 Wolters c 3 1 1 0 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Ty.Andr p 1 0 0 0 Smrdzja p 2 0 1 0 Lyles p 0 0 0 0 Ad ra nz a p h 0 0 0 0 Mr ph y p h 0 0 0 0 W.Smith p 0 0 0 0 Valaika pr 0 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Ottvino p 0 0 0 0 Ja.Lpez p 0 0 0 0 Logan p 0 0 0 0 Belt 1b 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 8 3 28 2 4 2 San Fran 001 000 011 — 3 Colorado 001 010 000 — 2 E: Descalso (7); DP: San Francisco 1, Col- orado 2; LOB: San Francisco 5, Colorado 4; 2B: Wolters (15); HR: E.Nunez (15); SB: Tapia (2); SF: Tapia (1); S: Adrianza (3), Ty.Anderson (2). IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Samardzija 7 4 2 2 1 9 Smith 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 Romo 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Lpz W,1-2 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Csilla S,31-38 1 0 0 0 1 0 Colorado Anderson 71/3 6 2 2 2 2 Lyles BS,22/3 0 0 0 0 0 Ottvino L,0-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 Logan 1 1 0 0 0 2 Ottavino pitched to 2 batters in the 9th WP: Anderson, Logan. T: 3:02; A: 22,437 (50,398). AMERICAN LEAGUE WE ST D IVI SI ON W L Pct GB Texas 82 56 .594 _ Houston 74 64 .536 8 Seattle 70 67 .511 111/2 Los Angeles 62 75 .453 191/2 A's 58 79 .423 231/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 79 58 .577 _ Detroit 75 63 .543 41/2 Kansas City 71 66 .518 8 Chicago 66 72 .478 131/2 Minnesota 51 87 .370 281/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 77 61 .558 _ Boston 76 61 .555 1/2 Baltimore 76 62 .551 1 New York 72 65 .526 41/2 Tampa Bay 58 79 .423 181/2 Monday's games N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 3 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 11, Minnesota 5 L.A. Angels 10, A's 7 Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 3, 11 innings Seattle 14, Texas 6 San Diego 2, Boston 1 Houston 6, Cleveland 2 Tuesday's games N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 6 Houston 4, Cleveland 3 Baltimore 11, Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 2, Detroit 0 Kansas City at Minnesota, (n.) L.A. Angels at A's, (n.) Boston at San Diego, (n.) Texas at Seattle, (n.) Wednesday's games Baltimore (Bundy 8-5) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 6-11), 10:10 a.m. Detroit (Sanchez 7-13) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 11-10), 11:10 a.m. L.A. Angels (Meyer 0-1) at A's (Cotton 0-0), 12:35 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 9-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Mitchell 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Fister 12-10) at Cleveland (Carrasco 10-7), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 11-2) at Minnesota (Gibson 5-9), 5:10 p.m. Boston (Price 14-8) at San Diego (Cosart 0-2), 6:10 p.m. Texas (Griffin 7-3) at Seattle (Miranda 2-1), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games Houston at Cleveland, 9:10 a.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Football NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Francisco0 0 0 .000 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Thursday's game Carolina at Denver, 5:30 p.m. Sunday's games Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Chicago at Houston, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. San Diego at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Oakland at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Miami at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Detroit at Indianapolis, 1:25 p.m. New England at Arizona, 5:30 p.m. Monday's games Pittsburgh at Washington, 4:10 p.m. Los Angeles at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m. NCAA TOP 25 SCHEDULE Friday No. 13 Louisville at Syracuse, 5 p.m. Saturday No. 1 Alabama vs. Western Kentucky, 12:30 p.m. No. 2 Clemson vs. Troy, 9:30 a.m. No. 3 Florida State vs. Charleston South- ern, 9:30 a.m. No. 4 Ohio State vs. Tulsa, 12:30 p.m. No. 5 Michigan vs. UCF, 9 a.m. No. 6 Houston vs. Lamar, 9 a.m. No. 8 Washington vs. Idaho, 2 p.m. No. 9 Georgia vs. Nicholls, 9 a.m. No. 10 Wisconson vs. Akron, 12:30 p.m. No. 11 Texas vs. UTEP, 4 p.m. No. 14 Oklahoma vs. L.-Monroe, 4 p.m. No. 15 TCU vs. Arkansas, 4 p.m. No. 16 Iowa vs. Iowa State, 4:30 p.m. No. 17 Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech at Bristol, Tenn., 5 p.m. No. 18 N. Dame vs. Nevada, 12:30 p.m. No. 19 Mississippi vs. Wofford, 1 p.m. No. 20 Texas A&M vs. Prairie View, 9 a.m. No. 21 LSU vs. Jacksonville St., 4:30 p.m. No. 22 Oklahoma State vs. C. Mich., 9 a.m. No. 23 Baylor vs. SMU, 12:30 p.m. No. 24 Oregon vs. Virginia, 7:30 p.m. No. 25 Miami vs. FAU, 3 p.m. NCAA AP TOP 25 POLL The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (54) 1-0 1,518 1 2. Clemson (2) 1-0 1,416 2 3. Florida St. (4) 1-0 1,413 4 4. Ohio St. 1-0 1,324 6 5. Michigan (1) 1-0 1,261 7 6. Houston 1-0 1,243 15 7. Stanford 1-0 1,140 8 8. Washington 1-0 884 14 9. Georgia 1-0 877 18 10. Wisconsin 1-0 759 NR 11. Texas 1-0 743 NR 12. Michigan St. 1-0 722 12 13. Louisville 1-0 686 19 14. Oklahoma 0-1 664 3 15. TCU 1-0 635 13 16. Iowa 1-0 588 17 17. Tennessee 1-0 573 9 18. Notre Dame 0-1 528 10 19. Mississippi 0-1 493 11 20. Texas A&M 1-0 477 NR 21. LSU 0-1 423 5 22. Oklahoma St. 1-0 409 21 23. Baylor 1-0 296 23 24. Oregon 1-0 242 24 25. Miami 1-0 137 NR Others receiving votes: Florida 117, UCLA 62, Boise St. 50, Utah 43, San Diego St. 37, North Carolina 23, Auburn 13, Nebraska 13, Pittsburgh 7, BYU 5, Navy 2, Colorado 1, West Virginia 1. Tennis U.S. OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $46.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Gael Monfils (10), France, def. Lucas Pouille (24), France, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Jo- Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, 6-3, 6-2, retired. WOMEN Quarterfinals Angelique Kerber (2), Germany, def. Roberta Vinci (7), Italy, 7-5, 6-0. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, def. Anas- tasija Sevastova, Latvia, 6-0, 6-2. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Sparks 24 5 .828 — Minnesota 24 5 .828 — Phoenix 13 17 .433 111/2 Seattle 12 17 .414 12 Dallas 9 21 .300 151/2 San Antonio 6 23 .207 18 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 20 9 .690 — Chicago 15 13 .536 41/2 Atlanta 15 14 .517 5 Indiana 14 15 .483 6 Washington 11 17 .393 81/2 Connecticut 11 18 .379 9 Monday's games No games scheduled Tuesday's games Atlanta 91, Phoenix 87 Indiana 71, San Antonio 69 Minnesota at Sparks, (n.) Wednesday's games Seattle at New York, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Thursday's games Atlanta at Sparks, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 15 7 6 51 45 36 Salt Lake 12 8 7 43 39 37 Colorado 11 5 10 43 28 24 Los Angeles 10 4 13 43 42 27 Kansas City 11 12 5 38 32 32 Portland 9 11 8 35 42 44 San Jose 7 8 11 32 26 29 Seattle 9 13 4 31 32 36 Vancouver 8 13 7 31 34 44 Hou st on 5 1 1 10 2 5 29 3 4 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA N.Y. City FC 12 8 8 44 48 47 New York 12 9 7 43 47 35 Toronto FC 12 8 7 43 39 28 Philadelphia 11 10 7 40 47 44 Montreal 9 7 10 37 40 38 D.C. United 7 9 11 32 35 36 Orlando City 6 7 13 31 41 44 New England 7 12 9 30 31 47 Chicago 6 12 8 26 32 40 Columbus 5 10 11 26 35 42 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday, September 7 Orlando City at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Friday, September 9 Houston at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Saturday, September 10 Vancouver at Columbus, 3 p.m. Montreal at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. N.Y. City FC at New England, 5 p.m. Toronto FC at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Salt Lake at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Seattle at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Golf PGA TOUR STATISTICS Through Sept. 5 FedExCup Playoffs Points 1, Patrick Reed, 3,974.800. 2, Jason Day, 3,409.250. 3, Dustin Johnson, 3,188.542. 4, Rory McIlroy, 3,114.517. 5, Adam Scott, 3,062.950. 6, Jordan Spieth, 2,451.367. 7, Russell Knox, 2,252.750. 8, Emiliano Gril- lo, 2,226.710. 9, Jimmy Walker, 2,112.133. 10, Paul Casey, 2,052.267. Scoring Average 1, Jason Day, 69.260. 2, Dustin Johnson, 69.268. 3, Phil Mickelson, 69.384. 4, Jordan Spieth, 69.416. 5, Adam Scott, 69.433. 6, Rory McIlroy, 69.607. 7, Sergio Garcia, 69.771. 8, Matt Kuchar, 69.815. 9, Henrik Stenson, 69.828. 10, Brooks Koepka, 69.837. Driving Distance 1, Dustin Johnson, 313.9. 2, J.B. Holmes, 313.5. 3, Tony Finau, 312.1. 4, Bubba Watson, 310.2. 5, Andrew Loupe, 309.3. 6, Jason Kokrak, 307.1. 7, Luke List, 306.9. 8, Hudson Swafford, 306.7. 9, Gary Wood- land, 306.2. 10, Rory McIlroy, 305.9. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Colt Knost, 73.36%. 2, Thomas Aiken, 72.36%. 3, Jerry Kelly, 71.20%. 4, Henrik Stenson, 70.47%. 5, Brian Stuard, 70.36%. 6, Zac Blair, 69.86%. 7, Roberto Castro, 69.19%. 8, Jim Furyk, 69.09%. 9, John Huh, 68.30%. 10, Russell Knox, 68.23%. Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, Henrik Stenson, 72.10%. 2, Lucas Glover, 71.63%. 3, Stewart Cink, 70.40%. 4, Russell Knox, 70.30%. 5, Paul Casey, 70.29%. 6, Jason Dufner, 70.27%. 7, Cameron Percy, 70.25%. 8, Thomas Aiken, 70.20%. 9, Sergio Garcia, 69.98%. 10, Adam Scott, 69.93%. Total Driving 1, Keegan Bradley, 67. 2, Lucas Glover, 79. 3, Hudson Swafford, 82. 4, Rory McIlroy, 87. 5, Emiliano Grillo, 88. 6, Andrew Landry, 89. 7, Henrik Stenson, 90. 8, Thomas Aiken, 95. 9, Shane Lowry, 102. 10, Sergio Garcia , 104. Putting 1, Jason Day, 1.158. 2, Phil Mickelson, .753. 3, Jordan Spieth, .750. 4, Andrew Landry, .654. 5, Aaron Baddeley, .626. 6, Steve Stricker, .620. 7 (tie), Daniel Summerhays and Harris English, .616. 9, Kevin Kisner, .602. 10, Martin Piller, .562. Birdie Average 1, Rory McIlroy, 4.44. 2, Dustin Johnson, 4.36. 3, Jordan Spieth, 4.28. 4, Henrik Stenson, 4.26. 5 (tie), Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama and Brooks Koepka, 4.17. 8, J.B. Holmes, 4.09. 9 (tie), Phil Mickelson and Robert Garrigus, 4.00. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Wednesday MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog New York -150/+140 at Cincinnati at Pittsburgh -127/+117 St. Louis at Washington OFF Atlanta at Miami -130/+120 Philadelphia Chicago -154/+144 at Milwaukee at Colorado -116/+106 San Francisco at Los Angeles -154/+144 Arizona AMERICAN LEAGUE at Tampa Bay -105/-105 Baltimore at Chicago -120/+110 Detroit at Oakland -120/+110 Los Angeles at New York OFF Toronto at Cleveland -160/+150 Houston Kansas City -140/+130 at Minnesota Texas -108/-102 at Seattle INTERLEAGUE Boston -215/+195 at San Diego College Football Friday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Maryland 101/2 (571/2) at FIU Louisville 14 (671/2) at Syracuse NFL Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Carolina 3 (411/2) at Denver Sunday at Atlanta 3 (471/2) Tampa Bay Minnesota 21/2 (41) at Tennessee at Philadelphia 4 (41) Cleveland Cincinnati 21/2 (42) at NY Jets at New Orleans 1 (51) Oakland at Kansas City 7 (441/2) San Diego at Baltimore 3 (441/2) Buffalo at Houston 61/2 (44) Chicago Green Bay 51/2 (48) at Jacksonville at Seattle 101/2 (44) Miami NY Giants 1 (461/2) at Dallas at Indianapolis 31/2 (501/2) Detroit at Arizona 6 (47) New England Monday Pittsburgh 3 (50) at Washington Los Angeles 21/2 (44)at San Francisco Transactions BASEBALL American League Chicago White Sox: Activated RHP Miguel Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Re- called OF Jason Coats, INF Leury Garcia and RHP Blake Smith from Charlotte (IL). Cleveland Indians: Recalled RHP Shawn Armstrong from Lake County (MWL). Houston Astros: Recalled RHP Brad Peacock and RHP David Paulino from Fresno (PCL). Kansas City Royals: Recalled INF Christian Colon from Omaha (PCL). Selected the contracts of OF Daniel Nava and RHP Kevin McCarthy from Omaha. Designated OF Rey Fuentes and RHP Nick Tepesch for assignment. National League Chicago Cubs: Activated RHP Hector Rondon from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Spencer Patton, OF Albert Almora Jr. and INF Munenori Kawasaki from Iowa (PCL). Selected the contract of C Tim Federowicz from Iowa. Designated RHP R.J. Alvarez for assignment. Cincinnati Reds: Recalled INF-OF Tony Renda, OF Steve Selsky and RHP Josh Smith from Louisville (IL). Colorado Rockies: Recalled RHPs Ed- die Butler and German Marquez and C Dustin Garneau from Albuquerque (PCL). JANE TYSKA — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP The Raiders' Karl Joseph, right, tackles Seattle's Luke Willson during a preseason game. The Giants were 4-50 when trailing after seven innings. They did not ex- actly blast their way to this comeback win. They took Samardzija off the hook for an un- deserved loss when they squeaked across the tying run in the eighth. Gorkys Hernandez singled to right for the Giants' fifth hit of the evening — the most they've had in six games on this road trip — and Trevor Brown hit a hard grounder that Rock- ies third baseman Nolan Arenado smothered with a diving stop to his left. It had the makings of another rally-killing, luck- deprived double play. In- stead, Arenado's throw pulled DJ LeMahieu off second base. Pinch hitter Ehire Adrianza put down a sacrifice bunt, and Her- nandez scored on Núñez's ground out to short. They used even less mus- cle to score the go-ahead run in the ninth. Rockies shortstop Daniel Descalso fielded Posey's grounder and threw wildly for a two- base error. Hunter Pence followed with one of his patented Baltimore chop singles over the pitcher's mound. Brandon Crawford struck out against tough left-hander Boone Logan, and the Giants thought so little of Tomlinson's chances that they at- tempted a suicide squeeze — with Posey running from third, mind you — that the September call-up fouled off. But Tomlinson's quick andshortswinggotenough of a pitch on his hands as Posey trotted home. Samardzija appears to be immune to the Coors Ef- fect. He entered with a 2.01 ERA in 22 1/3 career in- nings here over five games (two starts), and he had the kind of stuff Tuesday that would've played in any en- vironment. Samardzija had one of his liveliest fastballs of the season and paired it with his curve and slider to overpower the Rockies. But a shutout here is an ambi- tious ask. The Rockies scored the tying run in the third in- ning on a play that was em- blematic of the Giants' for- tunes in this second half. Raimel Tapia drew a lead- off walk, which are dipped in frog toxin here, and stole second base. DJ LeMa- hieu followed with a hard ground ball up the mid- dle and shortstop Bran- don Crawford made a sen- sational, diving stop that seemingly would prevent the run from scoring. Giants FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 2 B